Black Nova Traders

1. Thank you, Nick, for restoring this game!

2. The rest of you, get your butts in there!

You'll be pissed though, I already stole the Serenity

Yeah, I noticed that.

Wait till you see what *I* am driving though...

I already know, I accidentally stumbled upon your one sector with like 200 fighters.

Didn't notice the "Keep Out" sign, huh?

Wait til you come across Shadow.

Remember that you can setup trade routes to automate your trading.

Stupid Question Number 1) What the hell is this game?

SQN 2) Is it a "only guys will get it" type game?

Meka: no, it's pretty easy - you start out with a spaceship, a universe with numbered sectors, and then you use turns doodling around the galaxy making money, colonizing planets and fucking over other Wordforgers if you can.

Give it a try. It's fun.

I may have to give that a shot!

is there a way to increase the number of fighters you can carry?

i discovered that mid-way through developing RSI.

i'd have read the instructions first, but sadly my mancard expressly forbids that

Have pity on me y'all...this is slowgoing for little ol' me. I'm still trying to get the hang of it!

^cargo, yes, but not fighters...

shifting thousands of fighters into a sector at a hundred at a time is awful slow

must be either computer or sensors, just upgraded both of them to 10 and now i can cart around almost 6000!

you get bumped out of sol if your techs above a certain level.

Well, I just wasted most of my turns trading between two adjacent ports by using "real-space" instead of warp. Guess I'll just have to be patient until tomorrow.

Also, Elwood, Nick or whoever, would you please change my name from "Captain Ramen" to just "Ramen." "New Recruit Captain Ramen" doesn't have that ring to it.

^thats not too bad if you have boosted engines and a fuel collector - mucho extra money to be made selling the energy.

its useful when you have boosted engines - you effectively get a free move and it helps you explore.

Fear Elwood and his flagship the Nimbus!

Ok I am finally in, playing catch up and trying to remember the game. I forget how score is calc'd, but it has been fun just toodling around and building up my ship.

I'm willing to ally with anyone that finds me and then start concentrating on building up some planets, I've found several specials and quite a few really nice trade lanes that I've got mapped, but I'm going to wait until I have around a 20 Hull to work on planetary building.